After seven years of fiefdom, Li Shimin asked me to return and become the crown prince.

"Your Majesty, what would you like to eat?"

When they entered the restaurant, the waiter came over attentively and led them into a luxurious private room.

This was a large round table with a thick glass turntable on it.

It looked similar to a modern dining table.

But Li Shimin and his companions were stunned again? Is this a place to eat? What's wrong with this table? Is that a Hu chair underneath?

Most people in the Tang Dynasty still knelt to eat, and it was the first time they sat on a chair. No, it was not right....When eating braised pork outside, I once made a small stool

"What delicious food do you have here?"

Li Kuan arranged for Li Shimin and others to sit down, and also sat in the main seat in a carefree manner:"What delicious food do you have here?"

The waiter hurriedly said with a smile:"Your Highness, our store has a good head of beef and a pig today!"

Li Shimin, who was originally a little restrained because of the unfamiliar environment, froze. Beef?

The Tang Dynasty issued an order prohibiting the slaughter of working oxen. If Li Kuan secretly slaughtered one in the palace, it would be fine. After all, princes and marquises would also slaughter cattle. But selling it openly outside?

Knowingly breaking the law? And being complacent?

Do people in Lingnan not take the king's law seriously?

He suppressed the anger in his heart and looked at Li Kuan. Doesn't he care about his son?

Li Kuan didn't care about the looks of these people, but said as a matter of course:"Give me some braised beef, stir-fried beef slices with green onions, braised beef tenderloin, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, and braised pork....., and a bucket of rice for the big beef!"

A total of twelve dishes were ordered. Except for a spinach fried egg, the rest were all meat dishes.

Extravagant!

Li Shimin took a deep breath. He didn't dare to eat these dozen dishes in the palace.

Moreover, Li Kuan blatantly ate beef and disrespected the law.

It seems that the matter of removing his throne must be put on the agenda.

If Li Kuan is allowed to toss like this, the people in Lingnan will probably rebel in less than three to five years.

The store first brought up a few simple dishes such as braised beef. Li Kuan asked while eating,"Ladies and gentlemen, you are from the capital, why do you think of Lingnan?"

Li Shimin said vaguely,"I heard that Lingnan is poor, so we wanted to come here to sell some supplies, but we didn't expect the people in Lingnan to live so well!"

Hearing this,

Li Kuan boasted,"Of course this is the credit of this king!"

Your credit? Li Shimin looked at the several servings of meat on the table and sneered in his heart,"I heard that the court prohibits slaughtering cattle for plowing. You are eating in public in this hall.....！"

Li Kuan said indifferently:"Don't be afraid, eat and drink as you should. The imperial court is a million miles away from us, what can it know!"

Take a deep breath!

At this time, Li Shimin's face was a little ugly, and he suppressed his anger.

Does this kid not take the imperial court seriously?

If he didn't want to hide his identity, Li Shimin would have wanted to chop Li Kuan with a big knife.

"cough cough..."Seeing this, Cheng Yaojin ate two bites of beef and continued to ask:"But I came to Lingnan more than ten years ago. At that time, Lingnan was full of bandits and miasma. People were prone to malaria and often died!"

Malaria in the Tang Dynasty can be said to be an incurable disease, and it is also an incurable disease that is contagious.

If you get it, it is very likely that half of the city's population will be lost.

"The bandits have been recruited by me. As for malaria.."At this point, Li Kuan showed a smug look on his face:"The medicine for treating malaria is already available. In the past six years, no more than a hundred people have died from malaria!"

When Li Kuan first came to Lingnan, the first thing he did was to find a medicine for treating malaria. Not for anything else, but because he was afraid that his little body would die before he could enjoy being a prince for a few days.

A strange color flashed in Li Shimin's eyes.

Malaria? There is actually a medicine to treat malaria?

"That's not right...Even if malaria is cured, I don't think the people outside are poor? When they first came here, the people were in tattered clothes!" Cheng Yaojin continued to ask.

Li Kuan shook his head:"Every family in Lingnan has surplus food. Although their clothes are not brocade and silk, they live a rich life!"

Li Shimin continued to ask:"Then I heard that the chieftains in the south often invade, and the people on the border are miserable!"

Li Kuan often wrote to him, and what he said most was the hardship of the people and the invasion of the chieftains.

At this time, Li Kuan raised his head and said loudly:"My Lingnan army is invincible. Attacking the chieftains' land is like taking things from the fetal sac. Now many chieftains have surrendered to Lingnan!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin became even more upset.

For seven years, a full seven years, Li Kuan's own letters were nonsense.

He thought how miserable the people in Lingnan were and how difficult it was for him, Li Kuan.

Does Li Kuan think he is a fool?

Li Shimin tried to suppress his emotions and continued to ask:"Since Lingnan is so rich, why doesn't the court know? I haven't heard anyone mention it!"

Li Kuan smacked his lips and sighed,"To be honest, the people of Lingnan have finally become prosperous. I don't want Lingnan to fall into the eyes of the court and the greedy families. By then, the people's tax burden will increase, the families will pursue profit, and Lingnan will return to the way it was before. So every time I write a memorial, I hide something!"

Li Shimin's eyelids twitched when he heard this? You call this hiding something?

But is Lingnan really governed as well as he said?

Li Shimin shook his head. Perhaps only Lingnan City is so wealthy.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Li Kuan's face became serious:"Ahem...Since you all know the strength of Lingnan, let's talk business!"

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